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Half of This School's Students Are Homeless or in Foster Care. 82% Go to College.

Peter Slattery

March 28, 2016 |

Daily Beast |

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Response Location: United States, New York, New York

Broome Street Academy uses a data-driven, mentoring, and community schooling approach to get over 80 percent of its student population, half of whom are homeless, into college. Broome distances itself from the typical charter school model - funding comes from independent fundraising, the state of New York, and a local nonprofit that doubles as the provider of free health services to students.

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Speaking Out: Roxanne Morales

Rachel Denny Clow

March 19, 2016 |

Corpus Christi Caller Times |

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Response Location: United States, Robstown, Texas

Roxanne Morales sees hope in the children of Robstown. As a community educator for the Women’s Shelter of South Texas, she has worked in the community for the past year in a pilot program that is about creating safe communities.

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The San Francisco Jail That Started a School

Rob Waters

March 10, 2016 |

Bright Magazine |

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Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

Five Keys Charter School, established in 2003, works in various California prisons to provide education and job training to inmates. Since its founding, Five Keys has awarded 684 high school diplomas to inmates in custody and 712 more to people who completed their coursework at a network of community sites scattered around San Francisco and Los Angeles.

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A Bold Shift to Make Public Schools Serve Poor Students

Abigail Savitch-Lew

January 25, 2016 |

Yes! Magazine |

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Response Location: United States, New York, New York

Last year, New York City began turning schools in poor neighborhoods into community schools—combining rigorous instruction and extracurricular enrichment with a broad social support system.

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Denver's unified school enrollments may offer Boston a lesson

Jeremy C. Fox

January 25, 2016 |

The Boston Globe |

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Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

The one-stop shopping for public, magnet, charter and innovations schools has proved popular in Coloroda but generated controversy in Massachusetts.

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How to Teach Kids Empathy Through Dance

Audrey Cleo Yap

January 22, 2016 |

The Atlantic |

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Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

Dancing promotes strong social-emotional development. In areas of Los Angeles where arts education has disappeared due to cuts in school funding, a New York-based non-profit organization has stepped in to teach kids to dance. The program, launched in Los Angeles County, brings dance to socio-economically disadvantaged students, growing to include hundreds of middle school and high school students. Cognitive benefits for students go beyond improved respect, teamwork, and cooperative skills observed in the classroom; dancing provides a therapeutic outlet for children in difficult circumstances.

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Impressive New Scores for Newark Charters Raise an Awkward Question: Did City Pick the Wrong Strategy?

Richard Whitmire

January 12, 2016 |

The 74 |

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Response Location: United States, Newark, New Jersey

Impressive PARCC scores for Newark charters beg the question—did city choose wrong strategy? The charter schools were able to bring in students' parents and fill holes in students' knowledge by starting with the basics in math and reading.

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How an ambitious new program aims to fight poverty and help kids learn, one block at a time

Ann Schimke

December 02, 2015 |

Chalkbeat |

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Response Location: United States, Arvada, Colorado

To mitigate the pernicious effects of poverty on student success, nonprofit 'Blocks of Hope' in Colorado aims to provide both educational and social services to students and their families, with the goal of leveling the playing field.

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How a diverse yet divided school blended ‘segregated' classes

Ben Stocking

October 19, 2015 |

The Seattle Times |

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Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

In the U.S., the practice of tracked classes or special programs have exacerbated racial separation in schools. Leschi Elementary, in Seattle, made changes to their curriculum to draw white families to a traditionally black school.

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Write a House

Emma Eisenberg

October 07, 2015 |

The Philadelphia Citizen |

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Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

An organization in Detroit is piloting free housing for writers in exchange for staying in the city for three years and revitalizing the community. The program was started through a robust crowdfunding campaign and then later from foundation grants and more crowdfunding. It is transforming foreclosed homes in the NoHam neighborhood and offers community growth, through “neighborhoods and culture.”

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